Slideshow: Philadelphia building collapse

A dust cloud rises as people run from the scene of the building collapse. - Jordan McLaughlin / The Associated PressEmergency personnel and others rescue a man from the rubble shortly after the building collapsed. - Jordan McLaughlin / The Associated PressEmergency personnel respond to the building collapse on the edge of downtown in Philadelphia Wednesday. - Jordan McLaughlin / The Associated PressThe building collapsed at 22nd and Market streets in Philadelphia. - David Swanson / Tribune Media MCTThe accident happened at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday on the western edge of downtown, between the city's business district and its main train station. - Michael Bryant / The Associated PressThe collapse involved a building that once housed a first-floor sandwich shop and apartments above. It collapsed, sending debris onto a Salvation Army corner thrift store next door. The two are adjacent to an adult bookstore and theatre that had been taken down earlier. - Luke Rafferty / Tribune Media MCTRescuers were using buckets and their bare hands to move bricks and rubble to search for survivors. - Jacqueline Larma / The Associated PressA Philadelphia firefighter (center) lays in the rubble with his hand thrust into the empty area as emergency personnel go through the rubble looking for survivors. - Michael Bryant / Tribune Media MCTPhiladelphia firefighters carry a survivor from the rubble of the building. - Michael Bryant / The Associated PressThe city had issued a demolition permit for the four-story structure on Feb. 1. - Jacqueline Larma / The Associated PressA window washer who had been working across the street for several days said the demolition crew left 30 feet of a dividing wall up with no braces and it compromised the integrity of the building. - Jacqueline Larma / The Associated PressThe city's Department of Licenses and Inspections said there were no existing violations on the building and the demolition company had proper permits for the work they were doing. - Jacqueline Larma / The Associated PressPolice keep onlookers behind yellow tape near the collapsed building. Witnesses said they heard a loud rumbling sound immediately before the collapse. - Jonathan Hudson / The Associated PressThe remaining rubble after the four-storey building collapsed in central Philadelphia. - Dino Hazell / The Associated PressPhiladelphia firefighters bring out a tarp to block the view as a body is removed from the rubble. - Andrew Renneisen / The Associated PressRescue personnel evacuate an injured person from the scene. - Jacqueline Larma / The Associated PressPhiladelphia Mayor Michael Nutter (center right) and License and Inspections commissioner Carlton Williams update the media on the status of the search operations. The mayor indicated six people were dead and at least 13 others were injured. - Andrew Renneisen / The Associated PressEmergency personnel work into Wednesday evening. - Andrew Renneisen / The Associated PressFirefighters stand by while others look for anyone trapped among the debris. Deputy Fire Chief Robert Coyne said early Thursday that 61-year-old Myra Plekam was pulled from the debris more than 12 hours after the building collapsed. She was reported as being awake and talking to rescuers, and is the 14th survivor of Wednesday's collapse. - Stephanie Aaronson / The Associated PressFirefighters watch as the crane pulls debris away from the the site of the collapsed building on Wednesday night. - Stephanie Aaronson / The Associated Press

A four-storey building being demolished collapsed Wednesday on the edge of downtown. As of Wednesday evening six people were reported dead and over a dozen others injured.

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